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If the cockroach wants to rule over the chicken, then it must hire the fox as a body-guard.
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Knowledge is like a garden: If it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested.
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A patient that can swallow food makes the nurse doubtful.
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Beautiful from behind, ugly in front.
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You should not hoard your money and die of hunger.
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Wisdom does not come overnight.
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Where a woman rules, streams run uphill.
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War is not porridge
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Every woman is beautiful until she speaks.
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Three things cause sorrow to flee; water, green trees, and a beautiful face.
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